If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
My colleagues and I are of that generation of young men who went through the Second World War and the Japanese Occupation… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I can only express the hope that faith in the judicial system will never be diminished, and I am sure it will… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
What are our priorities? First, the welfare, the survival of the people. Then, democratic norms and processes which from time to time… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
It is not the practice, now will I allow subversives to get away by insisting that I’ve got to prove everything against… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
There is nothing to prevent you from pushing your propaganda, to push your programme out to the students or with the public… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I don't believe in love at first sight. I think it's a grave mistake. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
The human being is an unequal creature. That is a fact. And we start off with the proposition. All the great religions,… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I feel sanguine enough to say that there has never been a better set of conditions for open democratic politics because there… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Anybody who decides to take me on needs to put on knuckle-dusters. If you think you can hurt me more than I… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that,… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
The human being needs a challenge, and my advice to every person in Singapore and elsewhere: Keep yourself interested, have a challenge. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative and you'll never put… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
The Bell curve is a fact of life. The blacks on average score 85 per cent on IQ and it is accurate, nothing to… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of a machine… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Supposing Catherine Lim was writing about me and not the prime minister...She would not dare, right? Because my posture, my response has been such… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
You marry a non-graduate, then you are going to worry if your son or daughter is going to make it to the university. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
That was the year the British decided to get out and sell everything. So I immediately held an election. I knew the people will… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
India is scared of the competition... because Chinese goods will go into India and compete. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Three women were brought to the Singapore General Hospital, each in the same condition and needing a blood transfusion. The first, a Southeast Asian… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
What I fear is complacency. When things always become better, people tend to want more for less work. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
